Man, 22, fatally jumps from Metro station parking garage

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority officials say he is second suicide at a Metro station in 2010

A 22-year-old Germantown man jumped to his death from the top of a Shady Grove Metro station parking garage Monday night, Metro officials reported.

The incident occurred around 7:30 p.m., said Angela Gates, a spokeswoman for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Witnesses told Metro Transit Police that they saw the man jump from the top of the seven-story parking garage, she said.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, Gates said. His death has been ruled a suicide, but Metro Transit Police are continuing to investigate, she said.

One entrance to the garage was closed for a period of time during the investigation, but there was no impact to bus or rail service, Metro officials reported.

Gates said the man's family has been notified, but Metro policy does not allow the name of suicide victims to be released.

Taryn McNeil, also a spokeswoman for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, said this is the second suicide this year. The first incident occurred Jan. 4 when a woman was struck by a train at the Woodley Park/Adams Morgan Metro station in the District. She died from her injuries after being taken to a nearby hospital.

In 2009, nine suicides were confirmed by medical examiners and all involved trains, she said. They are as follows:

-March 13: A man was struck by a Blue Line train at McPherson Square.

-June 13: A man was struck by an Orange Line train at Potomac Avenue.

-June 14: A 33-year old woman was struck by a Red Line train at Bethesda.

-June 29: A man was struck by a Red Line train at Forest Glen.

-Aug. 12: A 45-year-old man was struck by an Orange Line train at West Falls Church.

-Sept. 13: A man was struck by a Red Line train at Gallery Place-Chinatown.

-Sept. 17: A 15-year-old boy was struck by a Yellow Line train at Columbia Heights.